Matthew 2:13-18 Holy Innocents December 28, 2008 “The Blood of Many – the Blood of One” I hope you all had a merry Christmas filled with fam...

http://www.concordiatheology.org/ has some videos posted.... I can't link to them directly. But the second one (August 2008) is interes...

Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Eve December 24, 2008 “The Usual and the Unusual Christmas” A decree went out from Caeser. It was a real time in hist...

Luke 1:26-38 Advent 4 December 21, 2008 “Mary's Impossible Faith” We've had a very busy Advent season. We've heard from John the...

So our City Council in Racine just approved a LGBT Community Center. You can read the story at the local paper's website here: http://...

John 1:6-8,19-28 Advent 3 December 14, 2008 “Pointing to Christ” We all know it's not polite to point at people. Pointing means you'...

2 Peter 3:8-14 Advent 2 December 7, 2008 “Patience” There are lots of ways to sin, and many forms sin can take. In this season of preparati...

Dear Blog Readers, I received the following letter from our South Wisconsin District's delegate to the recent convocation on synodical r...

I found some fun cards over at The Wondermark Goodsery

Check out the spiffy Virtual Advent Wreath in my sidebar, curteousy of the Curt Jester .

Mark 11:1-10 Advent 1 November 30, 2008 “Christ is Coming” A new church year has begun. The wreath of four colored candles is out, the param...

Rev. Matt Harrison, whose name is being mentioned by many as a candidate for LCMS president in 2010 , has written a paper which describes wh...

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Pentecost 26 November 9, 2008 “Encouraging Words about the End” History has an end. There will be a last day, this ...

Here's the best comment I've read yet on the election, from Pastor Petersen at Cyberstones: http://www.redeemer-fortwayne.org/blog.p...

Revelation 7:2-17 All Saints Day (observed) November 2, 2008 “An Image of All the Saints” What does heaven look like? Take a moment and pict...

I participated in an Issues Etc... pastor's roundtable, or, triangle-table, or really, L-shaped table.... The topic was the 7th Commandm...

The following is my "Pastor's Page" for the November church newsletter: Some thoughts on elections, voting, and Christian citi...

Footprints in the Sand There was a man who, at low tide Would walk with the Lord by his side Jesus said "Now look back; You'll see ...

John 8:31-36 Reformation Day (observed) “Truth that Frees” There's a real temptation for us Lutherans as we observe Reformation day. It...

I noticed a group on Facebook: "LCMS Lutherans for compassion and change" Uh-oh, I thought. Red flags here. Here's the group ...